Just to clarify. You don't need a SPIN (e-rate Service Provider Identification Number) to provide service to those entities. You only need a SPIN to qualify for USF/USAC funding for those entities. If they want to pay full price (which some do) you don't need the SPIN. Applying for a SPIN is extremely easy. Applying for e-rate funding, on the other hand, is usually best done via a consultant. Thankfully that's the customer's problem, not yours.
Regards, Ray Orsini – CEO Orsini IT, LLC – Technology Consultants VOICE DATA BANDWIDTH SECURITY SUPPORT P: 305.967.6756 x1009 E: r...@orsiniit.com TF: 844.OIT.VOIP 7900 NW 155th Street, Suite 103, Miami Lakes, FL 33016 http://www.orsiniit.com | View My Calendar | View/Pay Your Invoices | View Your Tickets -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Dan White Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 2:25 PM To: Lorell Hathcock <lor...@hathcock.org> Cc: 'NANOG list' <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: ISP License in the USA? Not familiar with the process, but look at E-rate if you want to provide service to schools, libraries and health providers. On 05/31/16 13:14 -0500, Lorell Hathcock wrote: >NANOG: > >Our owner has hired a consultant who insists that we should have an ISP >license to operate in the United States. (Like they have in other >countries like Germany and in Africa where he has extensive personal >experience.) > >I am asking him to tell me which license we should have because I don't >know of a license that we are required to have to route IP traffic to >end customers. > >I am familiar with CLEC status filed with our state. But it is not a >requirement to pass traffic. > >He is suggesting COALS with which I am completely unfamiliar. > >Can anyone tell me if there is a Texas state and/or USA Federal license >for a small operator to pass IP traffic from the internet to end users >(commercial and/or residential). > >I am aware that there are some CALEA requirements of ISPs that seem to >kick in once a CALEA request is made, but is that different from a license. -- Dan White BTC Broadband
